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A RecTANgulAR JAde PeNdANT A SOAPSTONe BudAI
The front depicting a Buddhist lion exhaling an elixir, between 18th/19th century
archaistic scrollwork, the reverse with panel of poetic prose in grass Well carved, wearing large prayer beads around the neck and loose
script. robes inset with hard stones and draped over his corpulent body, his
5.7cm high chest and large stomach bare, his left hand resting over his knee, the
other holding the treasure sack, his head bald with a round and broad
£500 - 700 smiling face, traces of red and turquoise pigments.
11.3cm wide
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A JAde BuddHIST lION £2,000 - 3,000
20th century
The mottled green stone with grey veining, modelled as a recumbent 170 Y
adult and pup. A JAde BRuSH wASHeR
14.5cm high The stone of mottled green tone with russet inclusions, carved in
double gourd shape with two chilong dragons ascending to the
£300 - 400 rim, their hindquarters together with the tendrils of the fruit form an
openwork base
12cm long, and on carved wood stand (2).
£400 - 600
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A JAde BROOcH/PeNdANT MOuNTed IN gOld
The pale green stone carved and pierced as dragon-handled
bottle vase issuing precious objects, the brooch fitting marked
‘RKO/585/14K’.
8cm high overall

£400 - 600

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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